The Château Fontvieille of Côtes de Bourg of Bordeaux

Château Fontvieille
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 105 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Côtes de Bourg in the region of Bordeaux

The Château Fontvieille is one of the best wineries to follow in Côtes de Bourg.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Côtes de Bourg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Fontvieille wines

Looking for the best Château Fontvieille wines in Côtes de Bourg among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Fontvieille wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Fontvieille wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Fontvieille

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Fontvieille

How Château Fontvieille wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef coarse salt, veal tagine with potatoes and olives or duck baeckeoffe with christmas spices and dried fruits.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Fontvieille

On the nose the red wine of Château Fontvieille. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak. In the mouth the red wine of Château Fontvieille. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Fontvieille

  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Fontvieille.

  • Malbec
  • Merlot

Discovering the wine region of Côtes de Bourg

The wine region of Côtes de Bourg is located in the region of Côtes de Bordeaux of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Roc de Cambes or the Château Tayac produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Bourg are Merlot, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Bourg often reveals types of flavors of oak, sweet tobacco or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of cigar, ripe blackberries or bell pepper.

In the mouth of Côtes de Bourg is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 478 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Bourg, producing 830 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Bourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Fontvieille

Planning a wine route in the of Côtes de Bourg? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Fontvieille.

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

News about Château Fontvieille and wines from the region

Burgundy 2022 harvest: winemaker optimism running high

It’s expected the Burgundy 2022 harvest will be bigger than the region’s five-year average, France’s agriculture ministry said this month, also noting the healthy state of vineyards in the area. Final figures on yields are not yet available, but suggestions the 2022 harvest could represent a rebound from the historically low 2021 crop could be welcome among wine lovers and producers alike. This week, it was also announced that the 162nd Hospices de Beaune auction, co-hosted by ...

Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...

Top DWWA award-winning wines on show at Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC

At the 2021 Decanter World Wine Awards, the world’s largest wine competition saw its biggest year to date, with 18,094 wines tasted from 56 countries. Over 15 consecutive days in June 2021, almost 170 expert wine judges, including 44 Masters of Wine and 11 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 179 Platinum, 635 Gold, 5,607 Silver and 8,332 Bronze medals. Join Decanter at our Fine Wine Encounter NYC this June, where you will have the opportunity to sample 23 of these top awarded Gold, Plati ...

The word of the wine: Size (champagne)

Juices that flow from the press after the cuvée, at the second pressing. Less fine, often more vegetal, it is mainly used to make the first price champagnes.